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Thursday, 21 September 2017

Dangerous animals in Britain

There
are some dangerous wild animals in UK. People don’t think so because
the large land predators were wiped out centuries ago. The dangerous
animals in modern British Isles are the following:

Bees
and wasps or the sub group Aporcrita, give out painful stings and can
kill. These insects are responsible for about 5 deaths in the UK each
year. People with an allergy towards the bee and wasp stings can die.

Domestic
dogs, although not wild animals as such, and considered as mans best
friend, are responsible for many attacks and deaths in the UK each year.
About two thousand people each year survive dog attacks but many people
have died. More people are killed by dogs than by terrorists, according
to some posts. There is a rising figure showing more dogs attacking and
killing livestock also. However, there is still a terrible figure
showing the amount of dogs attacked, abused, neglected and killed by
humans.

Red deer is a beautiful and sacred wild
animal that lives freely in the UK. However, during the Autumn months, a
season to find a mate, these powerful beasts with their antlers turn
agitated. These deer have killed people, but the deer are also killed on
roads that also cause some car crashes and deaths.

Cows,
as in wild. There are wild cattle in the UK but also beware of farm
cattle too. They’ve been known to injure and kill people. People love
camping, hiking and exploring the countryside and woods. They also come
across ferocious herds of wild cattle, especially bulls. Dog walkers and
farmers especially have been attacked.

Snakes,
the British countryside has deadly snakes hiding in the grass. Always
beware when going out for a stroll on a sunny day, and not walk too near
the bushes. Britain has a poisonous snake called the Adder. There has
been about 15 deaths occuring from snake bites in UK since the 19th
Century. But many hundreds of people have been bitten and treated
instantly. Fatalities of snake bite occurs with dogs and cats. There are
other snake species in UK not poisonous but they give a nasty bite.

Killer
whale / Orca, a powerful sea predator animal that migrates. It’s been
seen around the coasts of Britain. These vast whales often eat seals and
not humans but their presence deserves mentioning here. More British
people are surfing these days and enjoying the water in sails and skuba
diving. Just be aware.

Another thing about the seaside… Jellyfish. These are found in the sea around the UK. Most of them are native British jellyfish.

Another
sea creature to avoid is the Blue Bottle or Portuguese Man o’ War. It’s
a venomous hudrozoa found in the Atlantic ocean and can be seen in
British waters. It’s responsible for deaths all around the world.

Foxes
are a small predatory canid animal but responsible for attacks on
mainly birds, rabits, domestic cats, children and even sheep.

Britain’s
only true poisonous spider is the False Black Widow spider, but it
rarely bites humans. Some people who’ve been bitten by one end up in
hospital for treatment.